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I sometimes I say I had culture shock when I moved a quarter turn around the Beltway at the age of ten. I've confirmed my memory somewhat -- the demographics of where I spent my single digits are a bit different from where we moved to. (Heh. They have 'North Potomac' on that map. Still pretentious.)
And earlier this evening I responded to a copy of Life of Brian with an urge to watch it. Because, y'know, it's festive. And seasonal!
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teinedreugan and I did some early wintergifting (I had a present for him; he had his for me), so we swapped things today. This means that much of my evening has been occupied with reading Egyptian Adventures: Hamunaptra. It's actually surprisingly well-written, and doesn't make a complete hash of the mythology while transferring it to pop Egyptiana. (Though there are a couple of real cringers in there -- like the summary of the Amarna period being of the cult of Amon trying to establish formal monotheism . . .) I keep reading bits and having NPCs suddenly manifest in the back of my head, so I may wind up trying to run some things there sometime. If I ever get an idea for a plot. (Which means I need a plot for this and the half-formulated Slavic myth campaign notion.)
There was other stuff, I'm sure, but I'm going to go have a nervous breakdown now instead of trying to remember it.
ETA: Oh yeah. Melek Taus on the brain. I should have ordered those booksloreleyjacob recommended about the Yezidis last time I had book money. Augh.
Resulted in finding a pretty glaze, though. (S'the one called 'Turquoise Silky Matt' in the 'other' section of this site. Can't link direct to the recipe because I don't have the brains to break it out of frames.)
And earlier this evening I responded to a copy of Life of Brian with an urge to watch it. Because, y'know, it's festive. And seasonal!
teinedreugan and I did some early wintergifting (I had a present for him; he had his for me), so we swapped things today. This means that much of my evening has been occupied with reading Egyptian Adventures: Hamunaptra. It's actually surprisingly well-written, and doesn't make a complete hash of the mythology while transferring it to pop Egyptiana. (Though there are a couple of real cringers in there -- like the summary of the Amarna period being of the cult of Amon trying to establish formal monotheism . . .) I keep reading bits and having NPCs suddenly manifest in the back of my head, so I may wind up trying to run some things there sometime. If I ever get an idea for a plot. (Which means I need a plot for this and the half-formulated Slavic myth campaign notion.)There was other stuff, I'm sure, but I'm going to go have a nervous breakdown now instead of trying to remember it.
ETA: Oh yeah. Melek Taus on the brain. I should have ordered those books
loreleyjacob recommended about the Yezidis last time I had book money. Augh.Resulted in finding a pretty glaze, though. (S'the one called 'Turquoise Silky Matt' in the 'other' section of this site. Can't link direct to the recipe because I don't have the brains to break it out of frames.)
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